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Networx awards: Commerce, Labor, State lead the pack

Since March, nearly 90 federal agencies have picked a telecommunications provider under the General Services Administration’s Networx contract.

GSA released a list of 86 fair-opportunity decisions — seven under Networx Enterprise and 79 under Networx Universal — made by agencies and subagencies, predominantly from the State, Commerce and Labor departments.

Unlike the first such list, which GSA released in March, no values were assigned to the awards. “The agencies don’t provide those values to GSA,” said Robert Lesino, a GSA spokesman.

Award values in the first list were based on data GSA had collected during conversations with representatives from the largest 22 agencies or on other information the agencies must provide to GSA when they make fair-opportunity decisions, said Richard Williams, GSA’s Networx transition manager.

But for many of those decisions, agencies provided no value, said Karl Krumbholz, GSA’s deputy assistant commissioner of network services. In those instances, values were based on GSA billing records of what the agency spent each year on the same or similar services under FTS 2001. Until agencies have placed orders, any values assigned to the contracts are estimates, he added.

Here are the latest fair-opportunity decisions under Networx, including some earlier awards that were not in the first list.

June 9, 2009Marine Mammal CommissionQwest Universal for voice service for 26 lines of long distance and one calling card.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of African AffairsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Synchronous Optical Network services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of AdministrationAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of PersonnelAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of Consular AffairsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (first of five subagencies)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (second of five subagencies)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (third of five subagencies)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (fourth of five subagencies)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (fifth of five subagencies)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget and FinanceAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary for OperationsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Deputy Assistant Secretary for SecurityAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program OfficeAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Foreign Service InstituteAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Information Systems OfficeAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of Intelligence and ResearchAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and MexicoAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and CanadaAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, International Joint Commission, United States and CanadaAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian AffairsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department (no bureau identification)AT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific AffairsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Office of Foreign MissionsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Office of the SecretaryAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Office of the Undersecretary for ManagementAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, Bureau of Public AffairsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 5, 2009State Department, U.S. Mission to the United NationsAT&T Universal for Group 1: Sonet services; Group 2: private line services; Group 3: IP and frame relay services; and Group 4: voice services.

May 1, 2009Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education FoundationVerizon Universal for one long-distance service package with two lines.

April 29, 2009Housing and Urban Development Department, Assistant Secretary for Housing Production and Mortgage Credit and Federal Housing CommissionerAT&T Universal for voice services.

April 29, 2009Housing and Urban Development Department (first of two subagencies)AT&T Universal for voice services.

April 29, 2009Housing and Urban Development Department (second of two subagencies)AT&T Universal for voice services.

April 29, 2009Housing and Urban Development Department, Office of the SecretaryAT&T Universal for voice services.

April 29, 2009National Labor Relations BoardQwest Enterprise for network-based IP virtual private network services for all the board’s offices in all U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and all U.S. territories and possessions, including Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.

April 22, 2009Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and TerrorismVerizon Universal for IP services, cellular/PCS wireless services, and management and application services.

April 22, 2009Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife CommissionAT&T Universal for voice, toll-free and calling-card services.

Reader Comments

Fri, Jul 10, 2009
Chad Poppavich

Thank goodness we have the Marine Mammel Commission covered under Networx. This appears to be a failed program. Too complicated and slow to use and transition. If the cost saving were really there, then agencies would be quick to transition. Unfortunately, it is more costly to transition than it to continue using the existing FTS contract

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